1. As a result, the umpires worked the two American League games Friday, and said they would work through the rest of the post-season. 2. Because the best clubs advance past the regular season, the leagues should instill a system where the best umpires work the playoffs. 3. But major league baseball and the umpires union worked out an agreement in a court in Phildadelphia whereby the umpires will work through Thursday pending further action and negotiations. 4. Furthermore, no umpire can work two successive World Series. 5. Most umpires work a second job during the off-season. 6. Nevertheless, as in the Scott incident, the young umpire worked the plate. 7. No umpire can work successive World Series. 8. Replacement umpires worked all exhibition games and have worked the games since the season began Tuesday night. 9. The leaders of the Major League Umpires Independent Organizing Committee stressed at their news conference that they fully supported the effort to get the resigned umpires back to work. 10. Those umpires work all the grand slam tournaments, the Fed and Davis cups, the Olympics and operate umpire training schools. |